Swimming with ScapularsLoyola Press, 2010 - 288 Seiten Meet Matthew Lickona, a thirty-something wine columnist, sometime cartoonist, avid moviegoer, fan of alternative rock, and wonderfully talented writer. He is also a devoutly religious young man ("I am a Roman Catholic, baptized as an infant and raised in the faith, a faith which holds the exemplary and redemptive suffering of Jesus Christ at its core." ) who fasts during Lent, leads his family in prayer every day, and wears a scapular--a medieval amulet said to protect the wearer from harm. |
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... heart for Jesus' coming this Christmas?” “It's no use Dad. I'm just always getting into trouble. I'm going to have to run away.” “You mean . . . in trouble with Mom and me?” “Yes. I'm always getting into trouble. I'm going to run away ...
... heart of me the way it did with Mark. We were pulling our own version of The School of Athens—Mark as Plato, pointing heavenward to indicate the supreme importance of ideas, me as Aristotle, hand held low to emphasize our fraternal ...
... heart. Now, my heart was leading me elsewhere. I was in love with a woman, and the idea of rejecting that love to make way for another seemed strange. If I had a vocation to the priesthood, I thought, shouldn't I want to be a priest ...
... heart associate pastor who paid attention to us. “You have a musical head. Did you know that?” he liked to ask the small ones. “What do you mean, Father?” “Listen.” He squeezed your forehead and puffed out his lips with air so that a ...
... hearts in their hands. One man sought to keep his heart perfect and unsullied, and kept it protected in a glass box. Another man was forever exchanging pieces of his heart with others. His heart became lumpy and ugly to look upon—none ...
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Begging the Sun to Dance | 46 |
Triddywackers Tinkerers and the Roar of the Crowd | 62 |
Deirdre | 93 |
Do You Need to Be a Paterfamilias? | 106 |
Sex and the Outrageous Principle | 116 |
Why So Many? | 125 |
Alms for a Drink | 165 |
In Which We Go Parish Hopping | 175 |
Hand Holding and Other Distractions | 188 |
The World | 195 |
the Flesh and the Devil | 209 |
Dredging My Soul for Sin | 218 |
The Moviegoer Plus a Trip to the Theater | 225 |
Flannery OConnor and the TwobyFour | 239 |
The Roach and the Woman | 134 |
Not Home Until We Die | 143 |
Boy Meets God | 151 |
The Best Thing in the World | 268 |
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Swimming with Scapulars: True Confessions of a Young Catholic Matthew Lickona Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2007 |